Shirt.



No. 881,261. PATBNTED MAR-.10, 1908. E. J. QUIGLEY.

' sum. APPLICATION BLED BETT. 24 1907.

THE NORRIS PETER: cm, wxsnmarou, n. c.

; UNITED sr ns EDWARD J. QUIGLEY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 24, 1907.

Patented March 10, 1908.

Serial No. 394,276.

that the available length of the shirt bosom is increased, whereby thesame may be worn with either a rounded dress vest, which is,

usually provided with three buttons, or with a pointed dress vest, whichis cut lower than a rounded dress vest and is usually provided with onlytwo buttons, and at the same time to so' sha e the bosom of the shirtthat the same will remain in place and give the litmost comfort to thewearer.

Further objects of the invention are to provide means whereby the bosomof the shirt is made to conform to the chest of the wearer so that itwill not bulge out at the sides or bottom of the vest.

The button holes in the front of the shirt for the insertion of suitablestuds, are also so placed and the shirt bosom so formed as to preventthe upper plait of the shirt from liftlng or bulging. The neck band ofthe shirt is also so constructed that the collar attached to the samewill fit close to the neck of the wearer without wrinkling the sides ofthe neckband and causing the collar to ride over the same.

Further objects of the invention will hereinafter appear and to theseends the same consists of means for carrying out the above objects,embodying the features of construction, combination of elements andarrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully described andclamed in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of a shirt with parts brokenaway made according to my invention. The figure also shows in dottedlines a portion of the outline of a low cut pointed vest and a portionof a low cut rounded vest; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of one side ofthe shirt bosom on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectionof the lower end of the shirt bosom on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 isan enlarged detail view of a neck band opened out flat.

L In said drawings, A represents the body of the shirt and B the shirtbosom which is rounded at the sides as shown .at C and terminate at thebottom in an ogee curve D to form an extension E, the lower portion ofwhich is cut on a straight line F. It will be seen that a shirt bosomconstructed in this manner will give the greatest available length bymeans of the extension E and at the same time the portions of the shirtbosom denoted by the ogee curves D are so cut as to afford plenty ofroom for the movement of the hips of the wearer when in a sittingposition. It is also to be noted that the width of the extension Edenoted by the length of the line F is sufiicient to keep the end of theshirt bosom in position.

My improved shirt bosom is so designed that the same will not bulge outover the open front of the bottom of either a rounded or a pointed vest.In Fig. 1 of the drawings is shown in dotted lines G a portion of theoutline of a vest provided with a rounded open front and three buttonsH, J and K. A vest provided with an open pointed front is also shown,the same being denoted by dotted lines L. The pointed vest is onlyprovided with two buttons J and K as the same is cut lower than therounded vest. A shirt bosom constructed in this manner will permit ofthe wearing of a low cut pointed vest with a great deal of comfort asformerly the bosom of the shirt was rounded as far down as the line F ofthe extension E which caused great inconvenience to the wearer bybulging outward, due to the movement of the hips, especially when thewearer was in a sitting position.

To further facilitate the shirt bosom B conforming to the shape of thechest, the sides of the same from the dotted line M outward is made oneply of linen less in thickness than the central portion of the bosom B,as clearly shown in Fig. 2 at N, although if desired another thicknessof linen may be cut away. Due to the cutting away of a portion of one ormore of the different plies of the'linen, it will be seen that the sidesof the shirt bosom will round over the edges of the chest in a uniformmanner instead of bulging outward as is often the case when the fullnumber of plies are carried out to edge of the bosom B so as to cause asharp break between the edge of the bosom and the body of the shirtwhich is usually only of one thickness of linen. The body of the shirt Ais also secured to the bosom B on the front side of the shirt bosom asshown at O instead of the back as has heretofore been the case. here thebody of the shirt connects with the bosom, is provided a strengtheningstrip l? the outline of which is shown in Fig. 1.. The securing of thebody of the shirt to the front of the bosom also facilitates therounding over of the sides of the bosom so as to more closely fit thechest of the wearer and ren'iain in position. The lower portion of theextension E is also made of a less number of plies of linen as shown inFig. 3 and the body A of the shirt is also sewed to the front of theextension so that the same is more readily kept in position andprevented from bulging outward.

The body of the shirt secured to the sides of the shirt bosom on theline C, instead of being cut on the same curve is preferably cut out alittle more as shown by the dotted line Q, so that when the side of theshirt bosom along the line C is secured to the body of the shirt alongthe line the same will help to prevent the shirt bosom bulging and causethe bosom of the shirt to normally lie close against the chest midway ofits length instead of bulging at this point which is not desirable.

My improved neck band B is shown laid out flat in Fig. 4 and the same ispreferably made as shown. Thebottom of the neck band it along which thesame is secured to the body of the shirt is preferably cut on a straightline which. is secured to the body of the shirt which is also cut on astraight line as shown in Fig. 1. The top of the neck band is preferablycut low in the back and in the front where the collar is secured to theneck band by means of collar buttons, but the sides of the neck band,that is the portions of the band on each side of the back, is cut so asto provide the raised portions S which prevent the collar from ridingover the sides of the neckband.

The shirt bosom as shown is open down the front and the same is providedwith suitable slits or button holes T for the insertion of studs to holdthe plaits of the shirt bosom closed. Instead of placing the buttonholes T in the center of the overlap of the two plaits of the shirtbosom, the same are placed nearer the edge of the top plait whichnecessitates the holes in the bottom plait being further away from theedge of the under plait. This feature facilitates the studs inserted inthe button holes in holding the plaits of the shirt bosom shut andprevents the same from bulging, especially does it prevent the edge ofthe upper plait from turning up along the edge as the studs being nearthe edge of the plait holds the same firmly down and the additionalwidth of the button hole from the edge of the bottom plait give plentyof stillness to hold the bottom of the stud in position.

Obviously some features of the invention may be used without others, andthe same may be embodied in widely varying forms therefore, withoutlimiting the invention to the construction shown and described.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A shirt comprising a body portion, a shirt bosom secured to said bodyportion, said body portion being cut on a greater curve than the curveof the side of the shirt bosom, so that when the sides of the shirtbosom are secured to the greater curved edge of the body portion thebosom of the shirt will remain firmly in position.

2. A. shirt comprising an open shirt bosom consisting of an upper andlower plait, said plaits being provided with button holes which areplaced nearer the edge of the upper plait than the edge of the lowerplait, an extended portion at the lower end of said shirt bosom, aplurality of plies of linen in said shirt bosom some of which extend tothe full width of the bosom only at the top and bottom, the centralportions of which are less than the full width or the full length of theshirt bosom, the sides of said shirt bosom and said extended portionbeing cut inward and downward in an ogee curve, all of said featuresenabling said shirt bosom to remain in, position when in use.

in testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscr1bmg wltnesses.

EDXVARD J. QUIGLEY.

"itnesses LEO J. Mnr'rnn, P. H. FRANK.

